In the standings, haircuts, position changes and controversy don’t matter, wins do. Yesterday, while the last-place Mets continued to excel at creating a media zoo, they again failed to win.

The Mets lost 6-1 to the Dodgers last night in front of 18,729 unfortunate souls at cold Shea. Loser Tom Glavine (4-3) pitched well, going seven innings and allowing three runs.

After falling behind 1-0 in the first, the Mets tied the game in the sixth. Later in the inning, with two outs and runners on the corners, catcher Jason Phillips, starting for the injured Mike Piazza, crushed a drive to the wall in left.

“I’m not going to hit it much harder,” Phillips said.

Met killer Brian Jordan raced to the wall, looking every bit like a former Pro Bowl safety. Jordan caught the ball as he smashed into the wall, ending the inning and continuing the Mets’ downward spiral.

“You make that catch and all of a sudden their heads drop down and all of a sudden the momentum’s gone,” Jordan said. “We got the momentum from there.”

The Mets agreed, saying the catch demoralized them.

“It kind of changed the momentum of the game,” Art Howe said.

In the top of the seventh, the Dodgers took the lead, scoring two runs.

The go-ahead run came on a potential double play ball that was hit so slowly that Roberto Alomar’s nonchalant throw had no chance of getting Cesar Izturis at first.

“That’s kind of the way things are going,” Glavine said of getting beat on another slowly hit ball.

Ex-Met Mike Kinkade followed with an RBI single to center and the Mets were down and out.

“In that inning, that’s a four-run swing,” Phillips said.

In the ninth, leading 6-1, Dodgers manager Jim Tracy brought in the hated Guillermo Mota. The fans who remained booed before chanting for Piazza, who had altercations with the reliever the past two springs.

“We want Mike! We want Mike! We want Mike!” they cried.

Piazza remained in the dugout, unavailable.

In the 1-2-3 inning, Ty Wiggington made the second out against Mota. When he returned to the dugout, he pounded his elbows against the back of the bench.

“It burns,” Wiggington said. “I was just letting out a little frustration.”